Necktie holder



May 22, 1923. l 1,456,299

. J. cRNoEv Y NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Sept. 25 ,i 1922 Patented May 22, 1923.

JAN oRNonv, or s'r. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

Application led September 1922. Serial No. 5,940,391.v j

l' To all whom t may concern:

positive securing means for Be it known that I, JAN CRNOEV, a citizen of Serb-ia, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Necktie Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had Vto the `acco-mpanying drawings, forming part of this application.

My invention relates to necktie holders of the type shown in my prior Patent No. 1,400,663, and in my copending application Serial Number 569,115.

My present invention consists in improvements upon the above-mentioned structures, the objects of my invention being to better adapt the holder for various styles, heights, and adjustments of collars, and to provide the assembled portions of my collar holder which are preferably made adjustable one with the other to accommodate differentrheights of collars, etc.

An incidental object of the invention is to make such positive securing means easily releasable. as economically as possible and in-the present construction utilize materials which' will permit of inexpensive construction.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention- Figure l is a rear elevation form of necktie holder.

Figure 2'is a side elevation of the' same.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figures 4 and 5 are elevations, corresponding to Figures l and 2, of a modified construction.

Figure 6 is a horizontal line 6 6 of Figure 5. V

In. the preferred form illustrated in Figures l, 2, and 3, the holder comprises a body member adapted to support the necktie and a two-part adjustable collar button engaging member assembled with the body member. The body member is Y-shape and includes a stem l which mounts arms 2. Arms 2 are both formed from a. single piece of wire,

section taken on I also desire to form the holder v of a preferredv are ends sof which are bemin individual. planes to provide the arm with a substantialy bearing area in the collar folds and so to determine the. angle of the stein relative to the collar, Arms 2 are preferably rigidly united 'with stem l by being soldered there.

to or otherwise lined thereon. The stem l of the body 'memberis shown as consisting of a. flat strip `doubled lupon itself and receiving a. narrower fiat strip l between its folds. minates in a rearwardly extending flange 5, the width of which is Vabout half thatof strip 4C. i .y j v l The other part of the collar button engagmember consists of a split strip 6, the

ing n legs of which are bent into AlJ-shaped sections 7, the open ends of which oppose each other and one leg of each section is `provided with a series of notches orteeth 8, each havingra horizontal upwardly lfacing edge and an inclined downwardly facing edge-, oppose each other 1. and are adapted to receive flange Vr(of 'strip l 4, between them. j

over flange 5 in onedirectionkbut will posi 'l tively engage the `flange toy preventk sliding With l Notches 8 von the twolegs `Notches 8 may be slid movement in the opposite direction. the parts as shown in` FiguresA l and l2, flange ois shown, as just entering the. pair of notches on member 6.y

held; snugly against theupper portion ofk the coll ar.

.The'top of member 6 is provided with opening 9 which will receive the head of a Strip 4: is bent upwardly and ter-r lO'west Y Obviously. y the collarholding portion'of the device may be moved upwardlyalong memberi 6 with practically no resistance until the ends 3 of the Y arms engage the collar fold. jThe collar button; and the` axis of which is disposed substantially at right angles tov the plane of member 6. Extending upwardly from the upper edge of opening` 9 is a smaller recess l0 adapted to engage `the shank of a collar buttonand this portion of 10o j and when the device is in use this bent por# member 6 is bent as indicated in Figure 2 tion will engage the front of theneck band lefthand section 7 and extending outwardly from the righthand side of member 6, and parallel with the outwardly extending por tion of linger 11. By means of this disposition of lingers 11 and`12 they may be easily gripped between the thumb and finger of thehand f and upon' being 4pressed togetherv`v will separate sections 7 to which they are attached so as to release flange 5 from notches 8 and permit lowering of the Y-stem.

In the modification shown in Figures 4,r 5 and 6, the collar engaging member 13 is hinged to the collar button engaging member 14 and the sliding portion of the collar Abutton engaging member consists of a wire 15 doubled upon itself to form the loop 16. The hinged portion 14 has its sides folded over as best shown in Figure 6 and one of these sides is provided with notches 20, both the upper and lower faces of each notch being horizontal. One leg of the sliding wire 15 extends downwardly in the groove formed by the unnotched side of member 14 and at its lower end ris provided with a return bend 17 extending clear across the inner surface of member 14. The other downward-ly extending leg ofimember 15 terminates short of return bendv 17 in a portion 18 which is bent horizontally to extend through the space between the 'bentfover portion of member 14 and then curves around the notched portion at 19 to engage the back of member'14. rlhere is sufficient elasticity in member 15 to thrust horizontal shoulder 18 into notches 20 in member 14.l

The'loop 19 affords a vfinger engagingelement by which the notch engaging leg of member 15 may be pressed toward the other leg to release shoulder 18 from the notches in member 14 and permit the two members to be slidl relatively to each other.

In this modification the arms of the collar holding member are formed of the same flat material as the stem throughoutV their `length to slip in Ybetween the folds of the collar tomaintain the desired angle of the holder and the collar or shirt. Loop 116 of wire member 15 is bent at its upper end similarly to the upper portion of meinber- 6 in the preferred form so as to cooperate with the arms 21 of the Y-member in positioning the necktie holder.

By means of the constructions described, one of the main Vobjections to devices of this type are overcome.y Such devices as have been placed on the market while adapted to and are shaped y afford a snug fit to one or two styles or heights of collars, are not adapted to easily t a large number of collars and consequently their use is accompanied by an undesirable projecting or other unsightly iinproper positioning of the necktie mounted thereon. The peculiar `shaping lof the collar fold engaging portions of the arms of the Y-niembei and the collar button engaging portion of the slidable member cooperate to maintain a desirable angle of the necktie holder.v

Various iiiodicati-ons in the details of my holder' may beinad'e without departing from the spirit of my the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a neclrtie holder,a collar engagingy body, and a collar button engaging memberl slidably mounted onv said body so asv to maintainthe relative angular position between them,ksaid member having ka button head" receiving opening, the aXis of which issubserve as atie holder andthe arms'of which consists of a single `wire having its ends bent s in respective planes to engage the fold'o'f Va collar to determine the inclination 'of 'theV stem, a member slid'ably mounted on the stem of said body member and having a collar button engaging p'ortiondisposed atan angle to the remainder of the member'and adapted to vcooperate with said body armsY to` determine the inclination of theV tiehol'ding stem of the device.

body member and a two-piece button engaginvention as expressed inl y '105 3. In a necktie holder, a collar engagingI body memb'erand extending upwardlywith.`

y ahorizontal flangebn the end thereof, the

`other piecebeing split andhaving its parts U-shaped in cross section and yieldingly opiposing each other, the legs of each part having opposed sawtooth notchesadaptedto engage the flange on the other piece.

v4. In a necktie holder, a collar engaging body member and a two-piece button'V engaging member, one piece beingsecured to `said body' member andiextending upwardly with ka horizontal flangeV on the end thereof, the other piece being split `and ,having its parts U-shaped in vcross section and yiiyld-4 ingly opposing each other, thelegs of each part having opposed. saw toothnotches adaptedto engage the flange on the other' piece, and projectionsl onsaid parts which, when pressed together, release the notched parts from said flange. y I5. In a necktie holder, a collar engaging body member and a'tW'o-piece buttonen'm gaging member, one piece being secured to said body member and the other piece being of inverted U-shape with its legs slidably mounted on said first piece, when compressed, and tending to separate from each other, said legs and the leg receiving portion of said first piece having interengaging e1e ments positively holding the two pieces against movement when the legs are not 10 compressed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature this 19th day of September, 1922.

JAN CRNOEV. 

